WCNWeb3 Capital Network
№ 0505 · Network architecture1 min read · 6 articles

Chapter Overview

WCN's five functional layers — project and asset, capital allocation, execution and service, distribution and liquidity, verification and settlement. Each layer has one responsibility, and its output is the next layer's input.

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Chapter 5 · Network Architecture

Five functional layers give Web3 collaboration a structure it can be held to.

WCN is not a collection of features. It is a business architecture with five functional layers, ordered from where demand enters to where value settles. Each layer answers one question, and the output of one layer is the input of the next. The structure follows the division of labor that investment banking and platform engineering already proved.

What this chapter doesDescribes the five functional layers and how they connect
Core structureOne responsibility per layer, output passed downstream
You will learnWhat each layer answers, who participates, and how the chain closes

The value-flow stack

The five layers form a sequence, not a set of parallel modules. Demand enters at the first layer and value settles at the last. Each layer hands its output to the next.

5.1 Overview of the five-layer architectureWhat each layer answers, why the count is five, and how the sequence carries demand through to settlement.5.2 Project and asset layerThe demand entry. What enters the system, how needs are structured, and why fragmented deal flow stalls.5.3 Capital allocation layerCapital as judgment and allocation, not only money. How preferences are registered and demand is matched.5.4 Execution and service layerThe bridge from connection to delivery. How tasks are scoped and how agents amplify execution.5.5 Distribution and liquidity layerHow results reach the market. Coordination across exchanges, market makers, media, and communities.5.6 Verification and settlement layerThe closing layer. Proof of Business reconciles evidence, attributes contribution, and settles value.

The five layers run in order: projects raise demand, capital receives it, services advance execution, distribution reaches the market, and the verification layer proves and settles the result. Read the sequence and the logic of WCN follows.

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